42 GENERA OK HYMENOPTERA. 



were provisionally referred to tlie <renus Plia'agenes ; but as some of 

 the other genera inilicated by Wesmael will doubtless be found to 

 oecur in our fauna, they are added to the table given above. 



Hubfaiiiily ( 'kyptix^e. 



Table of Genera. 



Wings normally developed 2. 



Wings nuliiiieiitary or wantiiig lu. 



2. — Oviixtsitor not or scarcely exserted, abdomen smooth and jJolislKd. 



Abdomen ovate or almost spheric<il, depressed, first segment much widened 



behind, usually carinate and longitudinally furrowed Ktilpiiiis firav. 



Abdomen elongate, more or less compressed at ajiex in 9- subcyliiidrical 



in % , fii-st segment slender, scarcely widened behind, longer than the 



posterior coxse and trochanters combined Exolyf lis PVirst. 



Ovipositor distinctly exserted :{. 



3. — Areolet completely enclosed I. 



Areolet pentangular in position, but incomplete, the outer nervure hyaline 

 or wanting; antennie and legs generally slender... Iloinilelos (irav. 



Areolet wanting, or when present not in a pentangular t'oriu il. 



4.— Areolet pentangular, sometimes sulxjuadrate 7^. 



Areolet rectangular, generally very small, receiving the second i-ecurreiii 



nervure at or near the tip ^. 



•■J. — AntennsB 9 with the joints of the fiagelluni thickened in a nodose manner 



at their tip (i. 



AutenniE with the joints of the flagellum not thickened at their tip. cyliu- 



drical throughout 7. 



H.^Anteniue 9 shortened, filiform, usually involute, the third joint at most 

 twice longer than thick, or the whole antenna thickened between the 

 middle and apex, sometimes also expanded (if more slender, then the 

 metathorax areolated); apex of first abdominal segment % broader 

 than the petiole and bent towards the latter in a genii ulate manner: 



legs generally robust l*ii,>^a<loiioii (<rav. 



Antennaj 9 elongate, filiform, third joint usually three or more tinu>s longer 

 than thick (if .shorter, then the metathorax not areolated), never thick- 

 ened or expanded towards the middle: apex of first abdoniiiial segment 

 not much broader than the petiole and l)ut slightly bent ; legs generally 



slender <'i',V|>f lis Fabr. 



7. — First abdominal segment much elongated and slender, only slightly ex- 

 panded posteriorly, polished ; metathorax with elongate or linear spira- 

 cles ; areolet large, sulxiuadrate. 

 Third discoidal cell arched above and much narroweil at base, the outer 

 nervure bent beneath the areolet ; eyes remote from base of mandibles: 



antennie 9 <liliitt'd near apex: witigs fu.s('ous I«>|>|»i<liiiiii Walsli. 



Tiiird discoidal cell elongate and but slightly narrowed ai bu.se, the upper 

 and lower nervures straight and parallel with each other, tlie outer ner- 

 vure straight beneath the areolet; eyes large, alrao.st touching base of 

 iiiandil)les; antennaj filiform in both .sexes; wings hyaline. 



LiiKX'orns Tasch. 



